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Psalms 114

1 When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • When Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • went out H3318 (יָצָא) — to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
  • of Egypt H4714 (מִצְרַיִם) — Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt
  • the house H1004 (בַּיִת) — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
  • of Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch
  • from a people H5971 (עַם) — a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
  • of strange language H3937 (לָעַז) — to speak in a foreign tongue

2 Judah became his sanctuary, Israel his dominion.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Judah H3063 (יְהוּדָה) — Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
  • was his sanctuary H6944 (קֹדֶשׁ) — a sacred place or thing; rarely abstract, sanctity
  • Israel H3478 (יִשְׂרָאֵל) — he will rule as God; Jisraël, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
  • his dominion H4475 (מֶמְשָׁלָה) — rule; also (concretely in plural) a realm or a ruler

3 The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The sea H3220 (יָם) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin…
  • saw H7200 (רָאָה) — to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
  • and fled H5127 (נוּס) — to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
  • Jordan H3383 (יַרְדֵּן) — Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
  • was driven H5437 (סָבַב) — to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
  • back H268 (אָחוֹר) — the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

4 The mountains skipped like rams, The little hills like lambs.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • The mountains H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
  • skipped H7540 (רָקַד) — properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)
  • like rams H352 (אַיִל) — properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or othe…
  • the little hills H1389 (גִּבְעָה) — a hillock
  • like lambs H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
  • like lambs H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…

5 What aileth thee, O thou sea, that thou fleest? Thou Jordan, that thou turnest back?

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Jeremiah 47:6 · Habakkuk 3:8
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • thee, O thou sea H3220 (יָם) — a sea (as breaking in noisy surf) or large body of water; specifically (with the article), the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river, or an artifical basin…
  • that thou fleddest H5127 (נוּס) — to flit, i.e. vanish away (subside, escape; causatively, chase, impel, deliver)
  • thou Jordan H3383 (יַרְדֵּן) — Jarden, the principal river of Palestine
  • thou wast driven H5437 (סָבַב) — to revolve, surround, or border; used in various applications, literally and figuratively
  • back H268 (אָחוֹר) — the hinder part; hence (adverb) behind, backward; also (as facing north) the West

6 Ye mountains, that ye skip like rams; Ye little hills, like lambs?

Cross references & Strong's
Cross references (TSK): Job 9:6 · Psalms 29:6 · Psalms 114:4
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Ye mountains H2022 (הַר) — a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
  • ye skipped H7540 (רָקַד) — properly, to stamp, i.e. to spring about (wildly or for joy)
  • like rams H352 (אַיִל) — properly, strength; hence, anything strong; specifically a chief (politically); also a ram (from his strength); a pilaster (as a strong support); an oak or othe…
  • ye little hills H1389 (גִּבְעָה) — a hillock
  • like lambs H6629 (צֹאן) — a collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men)
  • like lambs H1121 (בֵּן) — a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition,…

7 Tremble, thou earth, at the presence of the Lord, At the presence of the God of Jacob,

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Tremble H2342 (חוּל) — properly, to twist or whirl (in a circular or spiral manner), i.e. (specifically) to dance, to writhe in pain (especially of parturition) or fear; figuratively,…
  • thou earth H776 (אֶרֶץ) — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
  • at the presence H6440 (פָּנִים) — the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (befo…
  • of the Lord H113 (אָדוֹן) — sovereign, i.e. controller (human or divine)
  • of the God H433 (אֱלוֹהַּ) — a deity or the Deity
  • of Jacob H3290 (יַעֲקֹב) — Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

8 Who turned the rock into a pool of water, The flint into a fountain of waters.

Cross references & Strong's
Strong's numbers (from RLT):
  • Which turned H2015 (הָפַךְ) — to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
  • the rock H6697 (צוּר) — properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
  • a standing H98 (אֲגַם) — a marsh; hence a rush (as growing in swamps); hence a stockade of reeds
  • water H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen
  • the flint H2496 (חַלָּמִישׁ) — flint
  • into a fountain H4599 (מַעְיָן) — a fountain (also collectively), figuratively, a source (of satisfaction)
  • of waters H4325 (מַיִם) — water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen